THE ROTARY CLUB OF FOOTHILL- HIGHLANDS

Chartered March 12, 1959 2016-17 Rotary Leadership ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

John F. Germ President

Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee

DISTRICT 5180 Barbara Tracy

District Governor Rotary Club of So. Sac.

Ray Ward AG Area 8

Rotary Club of Fair Oaks

CLUB OFFICERS/DIRECTORS

Dominic Mecklenburg President

Roland Wright

President Elect/VP

Marilee Monagan Treasurer

Lee Wiggins Secretary

Maureen McBride Club Administration

Patrick Magnani Community Service/

Membership

Bob Meyer International Service

Gordon Lipp Vocational Service

Gene Long Youth Services

Bob Spears Sgt.–at-Arms

David Stone VP/Rotary Foundation

The Highlander

December 12, 2016

Volume 59, Issue 20

Rotary Bench Dedication

at Freedom Park

Foothill-Highlands Rotarians gathered earlier today at

Freedom Park in North Highlands to dedicate a bench to the

North Highlands Parks and Recreation District.

Representing the club were PE Roland Wright, Gordon Lipp,

President Dominic Mecklenburg, PP Bob Spears, PP

Gene Long, PP Patrick Magnani, PP Bob Meyer, John

Hallsten, PP Joe Kaiser, PP Maureen McBride and

Sam Morgan and PP David Stone (w ho arr ived after

the photo op.)

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Club Communications - Richard Hansen

rch6242@comcast.net 916-332-7448

Rotary Club Address

P.O. Box 6 North Highlands, CA 95660- 0006

CALL TO ORDER

ANNOUNCEMENTS

VISITING ROTARIANS

AND GUESTS

DONATE TO HELP OUR ROTARY CLUB SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITABLE AND NONPROFIT CAUSES.

Foothill-Highlands Rotary Club Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization.

EIN 68-0392810, PayPal link on Club Website: http://www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/

CLUB WEBSITE: www.foothillhighlandsrotary.org/ (Club Runner)

DISTRICT 5180 WEBSITE: http://rotary5180.com

R.I. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.rotary.org

USED/BROKEN EYEGLASS JOINT

ROTARY/LIONS CLUB PROJECT

We are partnering with the

Antelope Lions Club to

collect used/broken

eyeglasses.

At our weekly meetings, we

have a BIG BOX at the front of our meeting

room for Rotarians to deposit their unwanted

glasses.

Members of the Rotary Club Foothill-

Highlands started gathering on this chilly

Monday morning at Freedom Park in North

Highlands around 11:50 a.m. to attend the

dedication of the Rotary park bench.

Due to the venue and circumstances of today’s

special meeting, we dispensed with the usual

format of a regular Monday meeting.

E-Waste4Good Program Just a reminder! President Dominic has

advised the club will no longer get credit for

large appliances, i.e. refrigerators, washers/

dryers, stoves, etc. donated to our e-

Waste4Good program. They will still pick

them up but we will not receive any

compensation. If it has a cord and can fit in

your trunk, it’s good to go and we get $$$.

TVs are still OK but need the name, address

and telephone number of the donor on a

sticker attached to the TV. Visitors at today’s meeting included Scott

Graham, Park and Maintenance

Superintendent and Larry Mazzuca, District

Administrator for the North Highlands Parks

and Recreation District.

ANNUAL MEETING

Our Annual Meeting to elect officers and

directors for the 2017-18 Rotary Year will take

place on Monday, December 19th at Round

Table Pizza, 7909 Walerga Road in

Antelope (adjacent to Umpqua Bank.)

PE Roland Wright could still use some

volunteers to help with various tasks during

the coming year. Please give serious thought

to lending a hand during his year as our

President.

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IMPORTANT MEETING CHANGES

December 19, 2016—12:15 p.m. Annual Meeting The meeting location has been changed to Round Table Pizza, Back Room, 7909 Walerga Road, Antelope, CA (916) 723-8665 (next to Umpqua Bank)

December 26, 2016—NO MEETING OBSERVANCE OF CHRISTMAS January 2, 2017—NO MEETING OBSERVANCE OF NEW YEAR’S

January 9, 2017 — 12:00 Noon Lunch at Cheese Louise, 400 Vernon Street, Roseville (916) 772-2433 1:00 P.M. Tour of Roseville Telephone Museum, 114 Vernon Street, Roseville January 16, 2017-NO MEETING Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday January 23, 2017—Back at the Lions Gate Hotel CATHERINE SURVILLAS – KENYA PROJECT

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

DECEMBER IS ROTARY DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT MONTH

DEC. 19 ANNUAL MEETING—ELECTION OF 2017-

18 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

DEC. 26 NO MEETING-CHRISTMAS WEEK

JAN. 2 NO MEETING-NEW YEAR’S WEEK

JAN. 9 ROSEVILLE TELEPHONE MUSEUM TOUR

JAN. 16 NO MEETING IN OBVERVANCE OF DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY

JAN. 23 CATHERINE SURVILLAS – KENYA

PROJECT

JAN. 30 JOY SMILEY AND RON LINTHICUM/

SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPUTY

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

FEB. 6 CLUB-LEVEL DISTRICT SPEECH

CONTEST

DISTRICT 5180 CALENDAR:

MAY 5-7 DISTRICT CONFERENCE IN SANTA CLARA

MAY 20 RI PRESIDENT JOHN GERM DINNER

SACRAMENTO (EXCLUSIVE D5180

PRESALE UNTIL 1/1/17)

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FOUNDATION NEWS

ANNUAL GIVING/PAUL HARRIS

SUSTAINING FELLOWS

We continue our goal to have Every Rotarian

contribute at least $100 to The Rotary

Foundation and str ive to achieve the

status of 100% EREY and 100% Paul Harris

Sustaining Fellows for the third year in a row.

END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN

EVERYONE BRING YOUR POCKET

CHANGE — TO AFFECT CHANGE BY

ENDING POLIO THROUGHOUT THE

WORLD.

The END POLIO NOW campaign is one of

Rotary International’s top priorities this year.

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation have extended their partnership

during the critical endgame phase of the

Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Thanks to

this partnership our contributions are

matched two for one—$25 becomes $75.

Night at the Museum Fundraiser

IT’S OFFICIAL—MARK YOUR

CALENDARS

President Dominic has announced our

NATM fundraiser w ill be held on

Friday, April 28th. He w as excited to

tell us we are back at the California

Automobile Museum.

We were reminded this is a great time of year

to solicit sponsorships as businesses are

preparing their budgets for the new year.

If you got any unwanted gifts during the Gift

Exchange at our annual holiday dinner,

remember we can always use them for the

Balloon Pop or the Estate Sale which will be

held in the spring following NATM.

Tickets and flyers for the event will be

available after the holiday break.

DISTRICT DICTIONARY

PROJECT

We received

word late

last week the

District did

not receive

the

dictionaries from the publisher due to

weather conditions in the mid-west and on

the eastern seaboard. We will monitor the

situation and pass along info as we receive it.

As soon as we get the dictionaries, we will

reschedule the delivery.

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ROTARY FOUNDATION BENEFACTORS

NAME

Hallsten, John

Hansen, Richard

Kaiser, Joe

Lipp, Gordon

Long, Gene

Magnani, Patrick

McBride, Maureen

Mecklenburg, Dominic

Meyer, Bob

Monagan, Marilee

Morgan, Cheryl (Sam)

Spears, Robert B.

Stone, David M.

Wiggins, Lee N.

Wright, Roland

A Benefactor is someone who has

contributed $1,000 to the Permanent Fund or

made provisions in their will of at least

$1,000 benefiting The W Foundation.

BELL RINGERS, GONG BONGERS

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS

A Paul Harris Fellow is an individual who

contributes $1,000 to the Rotary

International Annual Program Fund or

other approved programs. Each

additional $1,000 contribution is

recognized with a plus and the number.

Jordan Backhaus (B)(GRIF) PHF

Sonja Cameron PHF

John Hallsten (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 5

Richard Hansen (B) (GRIF) PHF+ 7

Joe Kaiser (B)(GRIFx2) PHF+ 8

Gordon Lipp (GRIF) PHF+ 3

Gene Long (B)(GRIF) PHF+1

Gene Long Sr.

Patrick Magnani (B)(GRIFx2) PHF+1

Dr. Steven Martinez

Maureen McBride (B) (GRIF) PHF+ 8

Dominic Mecklenburg (GRIFx2) PHF+ 8

Bob Meyer (GRIF) PHF+ 4

Marilee Monagan (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 2

Sam Morgan (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 6

Gerred Popejoy (B)(GRIFx2) PHF

Bob Spears (GRIFx2) PHF+ 3

David Stone (B)(GRIFx2) PHF+ 8

Lee Wiggins (B)(GRIF) PHF+ 4

Roland Wright (Bx2)(GRIFx2)

PHF+ 6

Bell Ringer & Gong Codes:

(B) = Bell Ringer chi$100 to Club

(GFHF) = Gonger $100 to Club Foundation

(GRIF) = Gonger $100 to RI Foundation

(RIF) = $100 to Rotary Foundation

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS

WEEK’S PROGRAM

Before resigning from the Rotary Club of

Foothill-Highlands to accept a new job in the

Bay area, Community Service Director Jeff

Donlevy w as contacted by the North

Highlands Parks and Recreation District about

a possible service project at Freedom Park.

The ball started

rolling before the

end of the 2015-

16 Rotary year

and several

Rotarians

including Jeff

Donlevy, Past

Presidents

Roland

Wright,

Dominic

Mecklenburg, Maureen McBride, David

Stone and Gene Long m et at Freedom

Park and constructed a concrete pad for a

bench.

When the new Rotary year started, PE Roland

Wright and PEN Patrick Magnani picked

up the baton and kept the project on track.

Patrick w orked w ith the Park Distr ict

regarding the specifications for the bench,

Roland ordered the m aterials and

constructed the bench at Hallsten Corporation.

This morning before anyone arrived Roland and

Patrick brought the bench to the park

and bolted it into the concrete pad constructed

last summer. Several Rotarians including John

Hallsten, Joe Kaiser, Gordon Lipp, Gene

Long, Patrick Magnani, President

Dominic Mecklenburg, Bob Meyer,

Maureen McBride, Sam Morgan, Bob

Spears, David Stone and Roland

Wright attended the dedication as w ell

as Scott Graham and Larry Mazzuca from the

North Highlands Parks and Recreation

District.

Both Scott and Larry thanked Rotary for

making the bench a reality. You could tell

they were as pleased as punch. They said it

appeared to be extremely well built and was a

great addition to the park.

They said the new addition would be

especially helpful to parents whose children

use the jungle gym area. Where the bench is

situated, it would be hard for tots to get past

their parents or chaperons or wander off

without being seen.

Scott Graham and

Larry Mazzuca

from the North Highlands

Parks and Recreation District

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Following the bench dedication and photo op,

several Rotarians headed over to the Food

Court adjacent to the Commissary on the

campus of McClellan Business Park for some

lunch and fellowship.

At the prompting of member Sam Morgan,

we all grabbed our beverage of choice and

gave a toast to Rotary Around the World.

Rotary Bench Plaque

Man of the Hour

Roland Wright

Foothill-Highlands Rotarians

Enjoying the New Bench

Left: Sam Morgan and Joe

Kaiser

Right: John Hallsten, Patrick

Magnani, Bob Meyer,

Roland Wright and David

Stone

Bob Spears had already

departed when the picture was

taken.

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Erik R. Nooren

September 21, 1928 - December 9, 2016

Erik joined the Rotary Club of Foothill-

Highlands on August 1, 1967 and was loaned the

classification Travel Agent. He served as the

Club’s President during the 1990-91 Rotary

year. In addition, he held the position of Vice

President, Co-Chair of our Bingo Fundraiser as

well as serving as Chair of our Entertainment

Books Fundraiser.

Erik had been a Rotarian for 48 years

when he resigned from Rotary in 2015 due to

health issues. He was a strong supporter of The

Rotary Foundation—he was a Paul Harris

Fellow +7 and a Rotary Foundation Benefactor.

Erik passed aw ay on Friday, Decem ber

9th after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.

We send our deepest sympathies to JoAnn and

her family as we bid farewell to our special

friend and fellow Rotarian. May he Rest in

Peace.

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E-WASTE RECYCLING IS HERE!

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET RID OF SOME UNWANTED CLUTTER AND HELP OUR

CLUB RAISE SOME MONEY. THEY WILL ACCEPT ANY PIECE OF ELECTRONICS INCLUDING TV’S, COMPUTERS,

APPLIANCES, CORDS, KEYBOARDS, MICE AND EVEN POWER TOOLS. THE HEAVIER THE BETTER (WE GET PAID BY THE

WEIGHT!) ANYTHING WITH A CORD IS ACCEPTABLE, AND THEY TAKE THE CORDS TOO. THEY SEPARATE AND RECYCLE

THE PLASTIC, METAL…EVERYTHING! IF YOU HAVE ITEMS TO DONATE, GIVE ME A CALL TO COORDINATE THE

PICKUP. SOME ITEMS I CAN COLLECT AT OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS TOO! IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES THAT

HAVE SOME E-WASTE, I CAN ARRANGE FOR A FREE PICKUP FOR THEM TOO!

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT. CONTACT DOMINIC FOR MORE INFORMATION.

You can also call eWaste-4good at 800-317-3112 and tell them proceeds are to go to The Rotary Club of Foothill-Highlands.

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